Micki Colbeck

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Inspiration comes from the life that abounds, whether from the farm animals of my neighbors, the faces of my grandchildren, or the rolling hills and streams of these beautiful valleys. As last year was a time of studying faces, this year has been a return to the outdoors, painting directly from nature. I have been searching for the heart of this rolling, river carved valley. Painting from the hilltops, through wind and thunderstorms as well as under crisp blue skies, I have returned to the same places day after day, trying to see what lies hidden. To paraphrase Eugene Delacroix: Success in the arts is not about abridging, but amplifying and by all possible means prolonging the sensation.

Micki Colbeck earned her graduate and undergraduate degrees in studio art and art education from WebsterCollege, in St. Louis. For twenty years, while raising her two children Gabe and Casey, she taught art in the public schools of St. Louis and in rural Missouri. In 1996 she moved to Vermont, where life has been rich and varied. After a few years as a farm-hand on various Strafford farms, she became the Arts, Entertainment, and Community liaison for the Full Moon Cafe up until its closing in 2003. She built a studio in 2004 and began painting daily, and exhibiting throughout the Upper Valley and beyond. She is a member of Strafford Artworks, a musician, dancer, and naturalist. Her life has been recently blessed with three grandchildren who live down the road and have frequent art, music, and nature days with grandma.

Her paintings can be found at Long River Studios in Lyme, NH and at her studio in Strafford.